Russia's parliament Thursday ratified an agreement with Damascus to expand the Russian military's naval facility in the Syrian port of Tartus. The agreement was signed in Syria in January and was sent last week by Russian President Vladimir Putin for ratification by the parliament's...

When Vladimir Kabunin signed up as a private military contractor, he saw a chance to make a wage much higher than any he could earn in his provincial Russian hometown. Happy to be able to support his wife and son, the ex-police officer left Orenburg, nearly 1,500 km (940 miles)...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Local monitoring unit in eastern Deir Ezzor province said 4 displaced women had been raped by the regime forces and allied militias in the past few weeks. Furat (Euphrates) Post Network warned people from returning to their homes in the the regime-held areas...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six civilians, including four children, were killed on Wednesday when an ISIS blast rocked a checkpoint for the U.S.-led Kurdish forces in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local media unit said. Furat (Euphrates) Post news site reported that the ISIS car bomb had targeted a...